Write a paper comparing and contrasting Plato’s views on democracy with those of Nicolette Bethel.

Write a paper comparing and contrasting Plato’s views on democracy with those of Nicolette Bethel.
Questions:
What is the function of dialogue in the text?
Why does he utilize the specific metaphor of the cave and how does it relate to his
main ideas about knowledge and education of the guardians?

which Plato is writing that we should be aware of? (The answer: Yes. Remember
that Athens had just lost the Peloponnesian War to Sparta and had also endured
the Rule of the 30 Tyrants.)
-Do
you think that Plato views his perfect society as a ‘good place’ or ‘no place’?
-Think
about his hierarchy of failed states. He wants to achieve an ‘aristocracy’
(rule by the best), but he concedes that most governments move downward from
timocracy (rule by those of honor), to oligarchy (rule by the few), to
democracy (rule by the people), to tyranny (no translation needed).
-Is
Plato using irony to convey his point? (hint: yes!)

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